6/23/2023 0 Comments The sower book![]() Parable of the Sower is both a coming of age novel and a road novel, set in the near future, when the dying embers of our old civilization can either cool or be the catalyst for something new. She is a “sharer,” one who suffers from a hereditary trait called “hyperempathy,” which causes her to feel others’ pain as well as her own. When one small community is overrun, Lauren Olamina, an 18 year old Black woman, sets off on foot, moving north along the dangerous coastal highways. The place is California, where small walled communities must protect themselves from hordes of desperate scavengers and roaming bands of “Paints,” people addicted to a drug that activates an orgasmic desire to burn, rape, and murder. Parable of the Sower is the odyssey of one woman who is twice as feeling in a world that has become doubly dehumanized. ![]() ![]() Opening line: I had my recurring dream last night. What I’m saying is I had no more excuses.Īnd it turned out that, while a lot of bad, bad things do happen, the book didn’t actually leave me feeling depressed but rather filled with hope. But I also got myself a gorgeous hardback edition of these two books this year and it was picked as a book club read for the Sword and Laser podcast. ![]() I had steered clear of the Earthseed duology because… well, I had heard that it is depressing and lots of terrible things happen in it. After the amazing Kindred, I knew I had to read more Octavia Butler books this year. ![]()
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